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Human Resources Management

Introduction to Human
Resource Management

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Management Process

Human Planning
Resource Attainment
Organizing
of Goals
Finance Staffing
Resource Product/
Service
Directing
Material
Resource Controlling

Introduction
 Organization is a group of people established either
formally or informally for the attainment of certain
objectives.
 So, people are the foundation of any organization.
 In societal context, organization need people and
people need organization.
 It is people who staff, lead and control organizations.
 Persons involved in an organization are referred as
human resource.
 Simply, the overall management of such personnel in an
organization is called human resource management
(HRM).
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Human Resource Management

 An essential function of management; and also an
important part of every manager’s job.
 HRM is concerned with managing people in
organizations.
 It is concerned with philosophy, principles,
policies and practices related to human aspect of
management.
 It aims at achieving organizational objectives
through the efficient and effective utilization of
human resources.

What is HRM?????????
DEFINITION :

“THE PHILOSOPHY, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND

PRACTICES RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
PEOPLE WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION”

“A METHOD OF MAXIMIZING ECONOMIC RETURNS

FROM LABOR RESOURCES BY INTEGRATING HRM IN TO
BUSINESS STRATEGIES.”

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“Human Resource Management can be

recognized as the process of utilizing Human
Resource in order to achieve organizational
goals and objectives effectively and efficiently.”

Effective management of people is

possible but difficult.
Why????
• Every person is unique
• Complexity
• Unpredictable
• Difficult to motivate
• Unending needs

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Main Goal HRM

Provide and maintain an appropriate and satisfied
workforce which gives the maximum contribution
to the attainment of primary goal of the
organization.
 Appropriate: productive employees who have
required skills, knowledge and attitudes that can
help organization to achieve its goals.
 Satisfied: happy employees

HRM Process
 The process of HRM involves attracting, developing
and maintaining a talented and energetic workforce.
 The basic goal of HRM is to build organizational
performance capacity by raising human capital, to
ensure that highly capable and enthusiastic people
are always available.
 The 3 major responsibilities of HRM are
A. Attracting a quality workforce
B. Developing a quality workforce
C. Maintaining a quality workforce

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Attracting a quality workforce

 Involves human resource planning, employee
recruitment and selection.
Developing a quality workforce
 Involves employee orientation, training &
development and performance appraisal
Maintaining a quality workforce
 Involves career development, work life balance,
compensation and benefits, retention and turnover,
and labor-management relations.

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Attracting a quality workforce

 Human Resource Planning

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 Recruitment
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 Selection.
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Developing a quality workforce

 Induction/orientation
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 Training and Development
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 Performance Appraisal
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Maintaining a quality workforce

 Career Development
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 Work-life Balance
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 Compensation and Benefits
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 Retention and turnover
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 Labor-management Relations
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Functions of HRM
Human Resources Planning
Job Analysis
Recruitment and Selection
Socialization and Orientation
Training and Development
Performance Management
Reward and pay plans
Occupational Health and Safety
Employee Relation
Employee services.

Evolution of HRM
 Developments such as the industrial revolution, the
principles of scientific management, the classical
organization theory and more recently, the behavioral
science movement and the organization development
movement have influenced the development of
personnel management and HRM.

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Evolution of HRM???

Evolution of HRM contd :

• Period before Industrial

Revolution

• Period of Industrial Revolution

• Post Industrial Revolution

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Period before Industrial Revolution

- Economy based on agriculture

- Number of specialized crafts was limited
- Usually carried out within the village or
community with apprentices assisting the
master craftsmen
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Period of Industrial Revolution

- Conversion of economy from agriculture based to

industry based.
- This led to emergence of personnel management
with the major task as
– Worker’s wages and salaries
– Worker’s record maintenance
– Worker’s housing facilities and health care

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Post Industrial Revolution

The term Human resource Management saw a
major evolution after 1850.
Various studies were released and many
experiments were conducted during this period
which gave HRM altogether a new meaning and
importance.

Frederick W. Taylor gave principles of scientific

management (1857 o 1911) led to the evolution of
scientific human resource management approach
which was involved in
– Worker’s training
– Maintaining wage uniformity
– Focus on attaining better productivity.

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Douglas McGregor Theory X and Theory Y

(1960) and Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of
needs ( 1954) – These studies and observations
led to the transition from the administrative
and passive Personnel Management
approach to a more dynamic Human
Resource Management approach which
considered workers as a valuable resource.

Difference Between PM & HRM

Personnel Management Human Resource Management

Manages People Consider people as a resource that

can be developed
Most managers can do personal Human Resource Management
management . A manager with should be done by a specialist or a
basic managerial skills could professionally qualified person.
handle it

More admin oriented More development oriented

More rules and strict controls More motivation , more
development and career
advancement opportunities

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Contd.
Cost effective on the short- Cost effective on the long
term term.
An investment
Less concentration on Identifies employees
employees future potential potential, areas for
and getting the best from improvement , strengths and
employees through training, weaknesses, identifies
development and motivation. training needs and trains
them. Achieves results
through motivation and job
satisfaction.
A job A career

Thank
you

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